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Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 16th
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by Frank Schmalleger
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, TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter 1: What Is Criminal Justice?
Chapter 2: The Crime Picture
Chapter 3: The Search for Causes
Chapter 4: Criminal Law
Chapter 5: Policing: History and Structure
Chapter 6: Policing: Purpose and Organization
Chapter 7: Policing: Legal Aspects
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Chapter 8: Policing: Issues and Challenges
Chapter 9: The Courts: Structure and Participants
Chapter 10: Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial
Chapter 11: Sentencing
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Chapter 12: Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
Chapter 13: Prisons and Jails
Chapter 14: Prison Life
Chapter 15: Juvenile Justice
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Chapter 16: Drugs and Crime
Chapter 17: Terrorism, Multinational Criminal Justice, and Global Issues
Chapter 18: High-Technology Crimes
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TEST BANK
Criminal Justice Today, 16e (Schmalleger)
Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?


1.1 Multiple Choice
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1) Social is a condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change,
uneven development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of
consensus.
A) order
B) chaos
C) organization
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D) disorganization
Answer: D
Page Ref: 4
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
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2) rights are guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution
and are particularly important to criminal defendants facing formal processing by the
criminal justice system.
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A) Social
B) Group
C) Individual
D) Public order
Answer: C
Page Ref: 4
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic

3) Who created a cabinet-level "drug czar" position to coordinate the "war on drugs"?
A) Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
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B) President Ronald Reagan
C) Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
D) President George H. W. Bush
Answer: B
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Basic
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4) In the 1990s, the perception that crime rates were increasing and that offenders were not
being punished resulted in an increased focus on .
A) social justice
B) individual accountability
C) due process
D) the consensus model
Answer: B
Page Ref: 6
Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
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American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate

5) Currently, we are seeing a decline in which types of crime?
A) Mass shootings
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B) Internet-based crimes
C) Traditional crimes
D) Inner-city murders
Answer: C
Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: Summarize the history of crime in America and corresponding changes in the
American criminal justice system.
Level: Intermediate
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6) A person who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public
safety, the interests of society should take precedence over individual rights is a(n)
advocate.
A) social justice
B) public-order
C) individual-rights
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D) civil justice
Answer: B
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Objective: Describe the public-order (crime control) and individual-rights (due process)
perspectives of criminal justice, concluding with how the criminal justice system balances
the two perspectives.
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Level: Basic

7) is an ideal that embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to fundamental
notions of fairness and cultural beliefs about right and wrong.
A) Public-order advocacy
B) Individual-rights advocacy
C) Social justice
D) Civil justice
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